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Trapping season is open and my son is looking for the "best" bait for his Duke dogproof coon traps. Any suggestions?
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I second the marshmallow, but I forgot them once last year and stopped at a Sheetz store and bought those round donut holes and they worked fabulous. I like to crumble them up and push them down into the bottom. Also, I squirt a thin stream of fish oil around the DP. =Deadly in my experiences.
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Marshmallows work good but I also use hotdogs cut up and marinated in fish oil. Probably catch as many coons with that bait as anything I use.
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cotton balls soaked in fish oil...IIRC its cod in a can from wal mart for under $2 is what we used last year.
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Marshmallow on the trigger, sardines on top
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Marshmallow on the trigger, but i use and alternate between several different lures. Grape or strawberry jelly, fish oil, crayfish oil, also i use a lot of what i call "sweet stuff lure" which is a 20oz bottle with one small bottle of anise 1/4cup or so of honey and fill the bottle the rest of the way with imitation vanilla. This works very well, squirt it on the mallow and squirt a trail to the trap. The sweet lures also help to avoid the skunks that you'll be more likely to catch with the fishy stuff.
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Mackerel with a little shell fish oil and some salt so urgently bait don't freeze
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Cat food with grape koolaid mixed in works well for me
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Fish food pellets, molasses and cherry extract. I got a #50 bag of the fish food for $8 at Tractor supply.
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Plain dry dog or cat food (especially if they contain fish) works great. I have tried adding some of the home remedy type enhancers like Koolaid or fish oil, but the plain dog food seems to work just as well.
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I second the marshmallow, but I forgot them once last year and stopped at a Sheetz store and bought those round donut holes and they worked fabulous. I like to crumble them up and push them down into the bottom. Also, I squirt a thin stream of fish oil around the DP. =Deadly in my experiences. What I wouldn't give for a Sheetz MTO!!!!!!!!!!
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